Wrapping machine



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M. B. FERGUSON WRAPPING MACHINE Filed July 1. 1922 '7 Sheets-Sheet '7 gA TTORNEX MILFORD B. FERGUSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR FONE-HALF TO EDWARD HAAS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WRAPPING MACHINE.

Application filed July 1. 1922. Serial No. 572,148.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILFORD B. FERGU- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, in the State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WrappingMachines, of which the following is a specification. 1

The invention relates to an improvement in wrapping machines and moreparticularly to an improvement in wrapping machines of the typeespecially adapted for wrapping substantially cylindrical articles suchas piecesof candy and the like.

The object of the invention is to improve upon the construction andarrangement of the parts of wrapping machines .of this type in orderthat the operation of enclosing the article in its wrapper may be moreexpeditiously and accurately performed than that has been possible inwrapping machines heretofore constructed for that purpose. With thisobject in view the invention consists in the improved wrapping machinehereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims. t

The preferred form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawin s, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of t e improved wrappingmachine. certain arts being removed; Fig. 2 is a top plan 0 the partsshown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the right hand end of themachine; Fig. 4 is a transverse section, on an enlarged scale. taken onsubstantially the line H of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a side elevation, partlyin section, of the Wrapper and article advancing mechanism, showing amodified means for actuating the wrapper carrier; Fig. 6 is a plan ofthe parts shown in Fig. 5; Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10 are detail views showingthe progressive stages during the operation of enclosing the article inits wrapper; Fig. 11 is a detail view, partly in section, of themechanism for twisting the ends of the Wrapper; Fig. 12 is a perspectiveview of the cradle for looping the tape; and Fig. 13 is a perspectiveview of the wrapped article.

The improved wrapping machine, as illustrated in the drawings, compriseswrapper folding devices consisting of a flexible tape or apron mountedon an arc-shaped support, means for advancing or feeding a Wrapper andcylindrical article to the tape, means for looping the tape about thewrapper and article and causing the loop to travel to thereby enclosethe article these various mechanisms are more or less broadly novel.

The flexible tape 15 by which the cylindrical article is enclosed in awrapper is supported in position on the upper arcshaped surface 16 of atape support 17 mounted on the stud 18 secured in the upper part of theupright 19 rising from the table 20 supported by the legs 21. At thelower end of the front side of the arcshaped tape support 17 is anarticle receivmg pocket 24 formed between the lower end 25 of thesupport 17 and the pivotally mounted jaw 26. A spring 27. tends to closethe pocket, and the normal opening in the pocket is determined by a pin28 against which the spring 27 presses the upright arm 29 of the iaw 26.When the wrapper and article advancing means have been actuated to forcethe tape and the wrapper and article into the pocket 24, as shown inFig. 7, a rotating cradle, generally indicated at 30 (Fig. 12), isactuated to loop the tape about the article and wrapper and move theloop along the arcuate surface 16 of the support 17- to thereby roll thearticle, by which movement the article is enclosed in its wrapper.

The cradle 30 rotates in a clockwise direction, viewing Fig. 3. and sothe loop formed in the tape for enclosing the article in its wrappertravels in the same direction. Various arrangements of belts or tapesmay be used for enclosing the article in its wrapper. In the machineshown, the tape is in strap form and consequently after the wrapping ofeach article the tape must be pulled back to its original position andthen slackened again previous to the insertion of the next wrapper andarticle in the pocket 24. For this purpose, the lower end 32 of thefront side of the tape is fastened to the forward end of the arm 33 of abellcrank lever 34 pivoted at 35 on the rear of naled at each end in thelegs 21. One end of the cam shaft 44, projects beyond the right hand leg21 (viewing Fig. 1) and carries a gear 46 which is driven by a pinion 47mounted on the right hand end of the main shaft 48 whichextends acrossthe machine and is journaled in the upper part of the legs 21. The lefthand end of the shaft 48 carries a pulley 49 which may be driven fromany suitable source of power. A hand wheel 50 fixed on the end of theshaft 44 afiords a convenient means by which the operating parts in themachine may be turned over.

The movements imparted to the arm 33 by the cam 43 are so timed that theforward 1 end of the arm 33 is moved downwardly to pull the tape 15 backto its original position after a wrapped article has been discharged andthen is raised to slacken the tape to permit it to enter the pocket 24with the next wrapper and article. The upward movement of the forwardend of the arm 33 is proportioned to the slack required when the loop isformed. about the article, as shown in Fig. 8. The rear'side of the tape15 is kept taut at all times and for this purpose the lower end 52thereof is secured to a ivoted arm 53 which is pulled downward y (tokeep the tape taut) by the spring 55.

The rotating cradle 30 which serves to loop the tape about the wrapperand article and carry the loo along the arcuate surface of the support 1to roll the article into its wrapper comprises two arms '55 and 56, heldin fixed relation with each other by two large cross rods 57 and twosmaller rods 58, all of which are fixed in the ends of the arms 55 and56. The arm 55 is loosely mounted on the stud 18 and the arm 56 is discto which the gear 64 is secured, both of which are mounted on a stud 66secured in the lower part of the upright 61. In the outer face 0 thedisc 65 are formed four on the end of an arm 70 fixed on one end ofinsects of a shaft 71 journaled in the upper part of the right hand leg21 (viewing Fig. 1), the outer end of which shaft carries a gear 72which is driven by the pinion 47. As the arm 70 rotates, the 'roll 68successively enters the slots 67 and thereby imparts an intermittentmovement to the {cradle 30.

The loops are formed in the tape by the cross rods 58, and to eliminatefriction the tape engaging parts of the rods 58 are provided withloosely mounted collars or rolls 75, held in place between two collars76 fixed to the rods 58, as shown in Fig. 11. The cross rods 57 alsocontact with the tape, but they are not provided with anti-frictionbearings inasmuch as they do not perform any active function in thewrapping operation. The rods 57 are provided with collars 59 spacedapart to serve as ides for the tape. The surfaces of the antl-fricti-onrolls 75 on the rods 58 are spaced from the axis of the stud 18 such adistance that they are separated from the arcuate surface. 16 by thesupport 17 about twice the thiclmess of the tape 15, andthe cross rods57 are so located as to clear the arcuate surface during the rotation ofthe cradle.

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When the wrapper has been rolled about I the article, the ends of thewrapper are then folded to secure it in place, as shown in Fig. 13. Itis preferred to make the end folds by twisting the parts of the wrapperextending beyond the ends of the article, although other well knownkinds of end folds may be made. The twisting means may be movable orstationary, depending on the nature of the article to be wrapped. In themachine shown, the means for twisting the ends of the wrapper comprise apair of fingers 80 located on opposite sides of the tape 15 and whichare adapted to press the projecting ends of the wrapper down against thecollars 76, which are flattened on one side for this purpose. Thefingers 80 hold the ends of the wrapper against the collars 76 while thewrapped article is still rolled along on the arcuate surface of thesupport 17 by the rotation of the cradle 30. By thus holding the ends ofthe wrapper fast and rotating the article, the twists 81 article.

Each wrapper engaging finger 80 is pivotally mounted'at 82 on the end ofan arm 83 secured to the flattened side 'ot'asegmental gear 84 mountedon a pin 85 "pivoted in the inner end of a support 86 projectinginwardly from the ends of the arms 55 and 56. [During the first part ofthe wrapper folding operation and until the wrapper is rolled about thearticle,.. the fingers 80 are held in the position shown in dot and dashlines in Fig. 11. The fingers are moved into engagement with the wrapperby the out"- ward movement of the rack 88 which en- 115 in the wrapperare formed at the ends of the gages the teeth of the segment 84. Therack 88 is formed on the inner end of a plunger 89 having a reducedmiddle portion 90 which is surrounded by an expansion spring 91 acting'to press the plunger 89 outwardly and thereby bring the finger 80downward toward the collar 76. Inward movements to lift the finger 80out of engagement with the end extensions of the wrapper are imparted tothe plunger .89 from a cam 93 fixed to the head of each upright 19 and61. The outer end of each plunger 89 presses against a set screw 94adjustably secured in one end of a lever 95 pivoted at 96 on a bracket97 projecting outwardly from each of the arms 55 and 56. The other endof the lever 95 carries a cam roll 98 which is "'ressed into engagementwith the cam 93. ifVhile the roll 98 travels on the raised portion 99 ofthe cam the spring 91 is compressed and the finger 80 is held away fromthe collar 76, but when the roll 98 is brought opposite the'depression100 in the cam 93 by the rotation of the cradle 30, the spring 91 actsto force the roll 98 into the depression and thereby swing the finger 80into engagement with the end extension of the wrapper. It will beobserved that while the twist is being formed the end extension of thewrapper shortens and the end thereof travels toward the article. Acontraction spring 102 returns the finger to its normal position so thatit may be brought into engagement in the first instance with the extremeend of the wrapper.

The articles to be wrapped may be fed to the machine in any preferredway, depending upon the character of the articles. It

I is assumed for purposes of illustration and description that thearticles wrapped in the present machine are substantially cylindricalpieces of candy known as tafiy, which are supplied to the machine by ahopper 105. The hopper is supported on the upward extension 106 of abracket 107 resting on the table 20. The articles 108 are fed to thewrapper folding devices one at a time by a plunger 109 mounted toreciprocate under the lower open end of the hopper. The plunger 109 issupported at its forward end on a block 110 which projects laterallyfrom a slide 111 mounted to slide in a guideway 112 formed in the upperpart of the bracket 107.

Reciprocating movements are imparted to the plunger 109 from a cam 114mounted on the cam shaft 44. The connections between the plunger 109 andthe cam 114 comprise a bell-crank lever 115 pivoted at 116 on a bracketsecured to the front of the machine. One arm 117 of the bell-crankcarries a cam roll 118 which travels in a groove formed in the side ofthe cam disc 114. The other arm 119 of the bell-crank is connected by alink 120 with the block 110. Intermittent recipro- "eating movements areimparted to the plunger 109 from the cam 114 in timed relation with theintermittent rotation of the cradle 30 to insert an article and awrapper in the pocket 24 immediately after the ejection of a wrappedarticle from the machine.

The wrapper in which the cylindrical article is to be enclosed is fed tothe machine from a roll of wrapper material (not shown), either paper ortin' foil, by means of feed rolls 122 and 123. The forward end of thewrapper material is received in avertically arranged slot 124 formed inthe upright extension 125 of the head 126 carried on the rear end of theslide 127 mounted to reciprocate in a guideway 128 formed in the lowerside of the block 110. When the end of the wrapping material has beenadvanced into the slot 124 the requisite length is cut off by the shears130. The feed rolls and the shears are indicated diagrammatically,because the construction and mode of operation of these parts are oldand well-known. The feed rolls are mounted on a bracket 131 supportedfrom the table 20. The roll 122 is actuated to feed the wrapper materialinto the slot 124 and for this purpose the shaft 132 on which the rollis mounted carries a gear 134 which meshes with and is driven by a gear135 (Figs. 1 and 2.) The gear 135 meshes witha gear 136 ,mounted on astud 137. Secured to the gear 136 is a pinion 139 which meshes with andis driven by a gear 140 mounted on a stud 141. Secured to the gear 140is a ratchet wheel 142 arranged to be actuated by a pawl 144 carried bya lever 145 pivoted on the stud 141. The free end of the lever 145 isarticulated by a universal connection 147 with the upper end of a lever148 pivoted on the stud39. The lever 148 carries a roll 149 whichtravels in a path formed in the side of a cam 150 mounted on thecamshaft 44.

The wrapper 153 (Figs. 4-and 5) in which the article is to be enclosed,is carried toward the tape 15 in front of the article. When the wrapperreaches the tape it is arrested, while the article continues itsmovemerit carrying the wrapper and the tape into the pocket 24. Themechanism by which this mode of operation of the wrapper carrier orslide 127 is secured comprises a link 154 con nected at one end with theupright arm- 119 of the bell-crank lever 115. The other end of the link154 is bifurcated and loosely braces a block 155 pivotally mounted at156 on a lug 157 projecting downwardly from the slide 127. A spring 158received in a bore in the link 154 presses against the block 155 andimparts the rearward movement of the arm 119 to the slide 127. When therear side of the upright is in close proximity to the forward side ofthe tape, the lug 157 encounters a set screw 160 adjustably secured inthe upper end of an upright 161 rising from the table 20. Thus the arm Iend of the link.

A modified form of the mechanism for actuating the slide 127 is shown inFig. 5. This modified construction comprises a cam groove 164 formed ina projection 165 extending downwardly from the bottom of the slide 127.The' cam groove 164 receives a roll 166 mounted on the free end of anarm 167 secured to the lever arm 119. The form of the cam groove 164 issuch that the slide 127 moves with the plunger 109 until the roll passesthe point 169 in the cam groove. During further actuation of the lever119 the slide 127 remains stationary, because the lower end 170 of thecam groove is cut on an are having the axis of the stud 116 as itscenter. It will be observed that'the are on which the lower end of thecam groove 170 is cut is determined by the position of the rojection 165as indicated by the dot and ash lines in Fig. 5.

The mode of operation of the parts of the improved wrapping machine thusfar described has been briefly indicated in connection with'thedescription of the various parts of the machine. It will conduce toclearness to recapitulate the progressive steps of the operation ofenclosing the cylindrical article in its wrapper. The wrapper materialis fed forward into the slot 124 in the rear end of the wrapper carrieror slide 127 and the requisite length is cut off by the. shears ,130.The plunger 109 and the slide 127 then move toward the tape, the slide127 carrying the wrapper 153 and the plunger 109 pushing the article 108which rests on top of the head 126. When the rear side of the upright125 is in close proximity to the tape, the movement of the slide 127 isarrested while the plunger 109 is actuated to force the article, wrapperand tape into the pocket 24. Substantially simultaneously with theinsertion of the article and wrapper into the pocket 24 the arm 33 israised to give the requisite slack to the tape. The position of theessential parts of the wrapper folding devices at this stage of theoperation is shown in Fig. 7. Immediately following the insertion of thewra per and article in the pocket 24, the cradle 30 is again actuated tobringone of the anti-friction rolls into engagement with the tape andcarry-it upwardly past the pocket, thereby pulling the article out ofthe pocket, as shown in Fig. 8. The relation of the parts is clearlyshown in the figure, and it will be observed that the end 172 of thewrapper is in position to be foldweenie the travel of the loop 174 inthe-tape along the arcuate surface of the support 17 causes the articleto roll. Fig. 9 shows the positions of the parts after the loop 174 hastraveled a short distance on the arcuate surface of the support 17. Itwill be observed that the wrapper 153 has been almost entirely rolledabout the article 108. Upon the completion of the act of rolling thewrapper about the article, the fingers are brought down onto the ends ofthe parts of the wrapper projecting beyond the article, as shown in Fig.11. The continued travel of the loop 174 and the article 108 causes thetwists 81 to be formed between the ends of the wrapper and the ends ofthe article. When the ends of the wrapper have been twisted suflicientlyto hold the wrapper on the article, the article is in condition to bedischarged from the machine. The relative positions of the parts justbefore the wrapped article is discharged from the machine are indicatedin Fig. 10.

The act of discharging the wrapped article 17 5 from the wrapper foldingdevices is illustrated in Fig. 4. While the arm 33 has been rising topermit the loop 174 to travel along the arcuate surface of the tapesupport, the spring-pressed arm 53 has kept the rear side of the tapetaut, so that when the article passes beyond the rear end 176 of thetape support, the wrapped article 175 is forcibly ejected from the loopin which it has been held. The wrapped article is received in a pan 178mounted on an arm 179 pivoted at 180 on a bracket 181 secured to thetable 20. When the pan 178 has received the wrapped article, it isactuated to discharge the article from the machine. The pan is actuatedfrom the cam 183 fixed on the cam shaft 44. A cam roll 184 carried onthe outer end of an arm 185 of a lever 186 pivoted on the stud 39 isheld in engagement with the periphery of the cam 183 by a spring 187secured at one end of the arm 188 of the lever 186 and at the other endto a fixed arm 189. The upper end of the arm 188 is connected by a link191 with the lower end of an arm 192 secured to the hub of the pansupporting arm 179. The cam 183 is so formed that the pan 178 is movedunder the rear end of the tape support 17 to receive the wrapped article175 and then is swung outwardly to discharge the article from themachine and to be out of the path of travel of the cross rods 58 and 57as the cradle 30 continues its rotation. It will be observed, however,that the cradle 30 temporarily comes to rest at the moment thewrapped'article falls from the support 17 into the pan. Thisintermittent movement of the cradle 30 and the other parts cooperatingtherewith to wrap the article, is optional inasmuch as the cradle 30 mayrotate continuously. In this connection it will be observed that thewrapper folding devices carried by the cradle 30 are in duplicate andlocated at opposite sides of the cradle and that they occupy arelatively small arc. Consequently sufficient time is allowed for thepan 178 to move into position to receive the wrapped article and to moveout of the path of travel of the cradle, for the tape shifting arm 33 tofunction, and for the wrapper and article advancing means to insert theWrapper and article in the pocket 24 after the completion of theWrapping of one article and before the tape is looped about the nextarticle, without interferring with a continuous rotation of the cradle30. In the preferred form of the invention, however, the cradle 30 isactuated intermittently.

It will have been observed from the above description of the improvedwrapping machine taken in connection with th accompanying drawings, thatthe present invention comprises means for supporting a flexible tape inan arcuate position and rotating means for looping the tape about thearticle and causing the loop to travel to roll the article in itswrapper. Cooperating with the means for rolling the wrapper about thecylindrical part of the article are gripping means for holding the endsof the wrapper so as to cause a twist tobe made in the wrapper as thearticle continues to rotate. By holding the ends of the wrapper.

fast while rotating the middle part of the wrapper, the twists in thewra per are so formed that they thereafter ten to occupy their originalcondition, as shown in Fig. 13. The wrapper is synchronously move'l withthe article until the point is reached where the two are to be carriedagainst the tape, at which point the wrapper is held-in the path ofmovement of the article and is carried by the article with the tape intothe pocket by which the first art of the loop in the tape is formed. ItWlll be understood therefore that many changes may be made in the formand arrangen'ient of the parts in the machine illustrated and describedand still be within the principle of the wrapping machine defined by thefollowing claims.

Having thus described the invention what I-claim as new is 1. A wrappingmachine having in combination a flexible tape, arc-shaped means forsupporting the tape, means for feeding a wrapper and an article to thetape, and means moving in one direction only for looping the tape aboutthe article and wrapper and for'causing the loop to travel on the tapesupport and thereby roll the wrapper about the article.

2. A wrapping machine having in combination a flexible tape, a'stationary support for the tape, means for feeding an article and awrapper to the tape, and means moving in one direction only for loopingthe tape about the article and wrapper and causing them to travel alonthe support to thereby enclose the article in the wrapper.

3. A wrapping machine having in combination a flexible tape, anarc-shaped tape support having a pocket, means for inserting a portionof the tape, a wrapper and an article in the pocket, means rotating inone direction for looping the tape about the article and wrapper andcausing the loop to travel along the tape support to roll the article inthe wrapper, and means for folding the ends of the wrapper.

4. A wrapping machine having in combination a stationary arc-shaped tapesupport having a pocket, a flexible tape mounted on the support, meansfor pushing a wrapper and an article against the tape and into thepocket, a rotating cradle having means for looping the tape about thearticle and wrapper and rolling it upon the tape covered support tothereby enclose the articlein the wrapper, andmeans for folding the endsof the wrapper.

5. A Wrapping machine having in combination a flexible tape, means forfeeding a wrapper and an article to the tape, means for looping the tapeabout the article anl wrapper and rolling it in the loop to enclose thearticle in the wrapper, and means for holding the ends of the wrapperfast while the portion in contact with the article continues to rotateso as to form twists in the wrapper at the ends of the article.

6, wrapping machine having in combination an arc-shaped tape supporthaving a pocket, a flexible tape mounted on the support, means forpushing a wrapper and an article against the tape and into the pocket,rotating means for looping the tape about the article and wrapper androlling them on the tape covered support, means for folding the ends ofthe wrapper and means for receiving the wrapped article as thetlooppasses beyond the end of the suppor 7. A wrapping machine having incombination a tape support, a flexible tape mounted thereon, means forfeeding a wrapper and an article to the tape, a rotating cradle havingmeans for looping the tape about the article and wrapper and causing theloop to travel to roll the article in the wrap er, said cradle havingmeans operative w on the article has been enclosed in the wrapper forholding the ends of the wrapper while the article continues to roll tothereby form twists in the wrapper at the ends of the artic e.

8. A wrapping machine having in combination a tape support, a flexibletape mount- .ed on the support, rneans for feeding a wrapper and anarticle to the tape,3a rotati'ng cradle comprising two spacedarmsconnected by cross rods, one of said rods being adapted to loop thetape about the article and Wrapper and cause the loop to travel to' rollthe article in the wrapper, and means mounted on the rod and operativewhen the article has been enclosed in the wrapper for holding the endsof the wrapper while the article continues to rotate to thereby twistthe ends of the wrapper..

9. A wrapping machine having in combination a tape support, a flexibletape mounted on the support, means for feeding a wrapper and anarticleto the tape, a rotating cradle comprising a pair of spaced armsconnected by cross rods, a pair of fingers carried by the arms,stationary cams, and connections between the fingers and the camscomprising plungers with which the fingers are connected and levers inengagement with the cams and the plungers for operating the latter.

10. A wrapping machine havin in combination a tape support, a flexibletape mounted on the support, means rotating in one direction for loopingthe tape about a cylindrical article and a wrapper and cansing the loopto travel to roll the article in the wrapper, and means for returningthe tape to its original position when the wra ped article has beendischarged from the 00p. c

11. A wrapping machine having in combination wrapper folding devices, awrapper carrier, a plunger, means for advancing the carrier and plungertoward the wrapper folding devices, and means for holding the carrierwhile the plunger continues its movement to push an article and aWrapper into the Wrapper folding devices.

12. A wrapping machine having-in combination wrapper folding devices, aplunger, a wrapper carrier slidably connected with the plunger, meansfor advancing the plunger and carrier toward the Wrapper foldingdevices, and means for holding the carrier (while the plunger continuesto advance to insert an article and a wrapper in the wrapper foldingdevices;

13. A wrapping machine having in combination a tapesupport having apocket, a

tape mounted on the support and extending across the pocket, a wrappercarrier, a plunger, means for advancing the carrier and the plungertoward the tape, and means for holding the carrier while the plunger 1continues to advance to push an article and a wrapper against the tapeand into the pocket, and means for wrapping the wrapper about thearticle.

14. A wrapping machine having in com matters bination an arc-shaped tapesupport, a

tape mounted on the support, a rotating cradle having cross rods adaptedto travel in close proximity to the arcuate surface of the tape support,means for feeding a wrapper and an article tothe tape, said rods actingto loop the tape about the article and wrapper and cause the loop totravel on the support to roll the article in the wrapper, means forfolding the ends of the wrapper, means for receiving the wrapped articleas the loop passes be ond the end of the support, and means or returningthe tape to its original position.

15. A wrapping machine having in combination a tape support, a tapemounted on the support, means for feeding a wrapper and an article tothe tape, a rotating carriage comprising a pair of spaced arms connectedby cross rods arranaged to travel in the article in the, wrapper, andmeans for twisting the ends of the wrapper comprising a pair ofyieldingly mounted fingers for holding the ends of the wrapper while thearticle continues to roll, said fingers advancing toward the ends of thearticle as the twists are formed in the wra per.

17. A wrapping machine having in combination an arc-shaped tape supporthaving a pocket, a flexible tape mounted on the support and across thepocket, a wrapper carrier, a plunger, means for advancing the plungerand carrier toward the tape, means for holding the carrier whiletheplunger continues to push an article and a wrapper against the tape andinto the pocket, a rotating cradle for-looping the tape about thearticle and wrapper and rolling the wrapper about the article, meanscarried by the cradle and operative when the article has been enclosedin the wrapper for holding the ends of the wrapper while the articlecontinues to roll to form twists in the ends of the wrapper, stationarymeans for 0011-. trolling the movements of the twisting means, means fordischarging a wrapped

